Furesø Lake

#162 among destinations in Denmark

Nature, Natural attraction, Lake

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Furesø is a lake in Northeastern Zealand, Denmark and the deepest lake in Denmark. It defined Farum municipality's southeast border and is the site of Nicolai Eigtved's 18th century small pleasure pavilion for Privy Councillor Johan Sigismund Schulin on the Furesø Lake called Frederiksdal Pavilion. ()

Local name: Furesø Area: 3.61 mi²Maximum depth: 124 ftElevation: 62 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 55°48'1"N, 12°25'18"E

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HovedstadenDenmark

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Furesø Lake – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Sophienholm, Furesøbad, Farum Lake, Aldershvile Slotspark.

2.2 miSE
Museum, Art museum, Vernacular architecture
Sophienholm, Copenhagen
57 min walk • Sophienholm is a former manor house and exhibition venue located north on the shore of Lake Bagsværd in Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality in the northern outskirts of Copenhagen, Denmark.
1.4 miW
55°48'12"N • 12°23'9"E
Furesøbad, Copenhagen
37 min walk • Beach
2.3 miW
Lake
Farum Lake, Farum
60 min walk • Farum Lake is a lake in Northeastern Zealand, Denmark. The lake lies to the northwest of Copenhagen in the Mølleå valley. It is located in Furesø municipality, which was formed January 1, 2007 as a merger of the two former municipalities Farum and Værløse.
2.4 miSE
Park
Aldershvile Slotspark, Copenhagen
61 min walk • Aldershvile slotspark is a public park in Bagsværd, Gladsaxe Municipality, situated on the south side of Bagsværd Lake in the northwestern suburbs of Copenhagen, Denmark.
2.4 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lake Bagsværd, Copenhagen
62 min walk • Lake Bagsværd is a lake in northeastern Zealand, Denmark. After Furesø, it is the second largest lake in the Mølleå system. The lake is an appendix to the Mølleåen via Furå further on to Lyngby Lake.
1.7 miSE
Baroque architecture, Nicolai Eigtved, Forts and castles
Frederiksdal House, Copenhagen
43 min walk • Frederiksdal is a country house on the Furesø Lake north of Copenhagen, Denmark.
1.9 miSE
Canal
Fæstningskanalen, Farum
49 min walk • Fæstningskanalen is a canal in central Kongens Lyngby, Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality, Copenhagen, Denmark. Created in the 1880s as part of the new fortification ring around the Danish capital, it runs from Lyngby Lake in the west to Lyngby Hovedgade in the east.
2 miSW
Area
Værløse, Farum
51 min walk • Værløse is a town in Furesø Municipality in the northwestern outskirts of Copenhagen, Denmark. As of 1 January 2021, it has a population of 13,022.
1.8 miNE
Neoclassical architecture
Frederikslund, Birkerød
48 min walk • Frederikslund is a former country house now located in the middle of a neighbourhood of single-family detached homes at Frederikslundsvej 21 in Holte, Rudersdal Municipality. some 20 km north of central Copenhagen, Denmark. The building was completed in 1803 to a Neoclassical design by Joseph-Jacques Ramée.
1.8 miSE
Neoclassical architecture
Spurveskjul, Farum
47 min walk • Spurveskjul is Nicolai Abildgaard's former country house in Virum north of Copenhagen, Denmark.
2.2 miE
City hall
Søllerød Town Hall, Copenhagen
55 min walk • Søllerød Town Hall, now renamed Rudersdal Town Hall, was built for the former Søllerød Municipality which in 2007 became part of Rudersdal Municipality, combining Søllerød and Birkerød. The building is located in Holte some 19 km to the north of Copenhagen's city centre.